Alexej Lochmatow

Dr. Alexej Lochmatow is a Research Fellow and Spokesperson of the Research Center 'Political Epistemologies of Central and Eastern Europe (PECEE)' at the University of Erfurt's Faculty of Philosophy, Historical Seminar. His academic trajectory includes positions as Walter Benjamin Fellow at the University of Erfurt (2023-2024), Research Associate at the Chair for the History of Science (2021-2022), and EUmanities Research Fellow at the University of Cologne (2018-2021).

His educational background comprises a PhD from the University of Cologne (2021) with 'Doctor Europaeus' certification, an M.A. in History of Knowledge from the Higher School of Economics in Moscow (2018), and an M.A. in Cultural and Intellectual History between East and West from the University of Cologne (2017).

Dr. Lochmatow's research centers on Modern History, History of Science and Scholarship, and History of Intelligence Research. His current project, 'The Bodies of Intelligences and their Environments,' investigates how social and political entities function as 'bodies' of intelligence across historical contexts. Drawing on German, Polish, Yiddish, and Hebrew sources from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, his work crosses established historiographical boundaries to examine the relationship between intellectual frameworks and political systems.

His publication record reveals consistent engagement with the history of knowledge in Central and Eastern Europe, particularly analyzing how scholarly communities maintained intellectual integrity amid political pressures. His research demonstrates how academic virtues served as both battlegrounds and unifying factors among scholars during the Cold War period.

• Walter Benjamin Fellowship of the German Research Foundation (2023-2024)
• Visiting Fellowship at the German Historical Institute, Warsaw (2020)
• EUmanities Research Fellowship of the European Union's Horizon 2020 (2018-2021)
• Poletayev's fellowship for scholarly achievements (2017-2018)
• Visiting Fellowship at the University of Warsaw (2016)

As Spokesperson for PECEE, Dr. Lochmatow leads collaborative research examining political epistemologies in Central and Eastern Europe. His academic network spans institutions including the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe, École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris, and the Polish Academy of Sciences, reflecting his transnational approach to intellectual history.